Railway-rail connection.



G. J. MARIN'GER. RAILWAY RAIL CONNECTION.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-1. 1903.

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UN ED STATES Patented August 23, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

RAILWAY-RAIL CONNECTION- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 768,061, dated August 23, 1904.

Application filed December 1, 1903.

T ctZZ whom/it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. MARINGER,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at East Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented va new and useful Improvement in Railway-Rail Gonnections, of which improvement the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved railway-rail connection; and it consists in the certain details of construction and combination of parts, as will be fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved railwayrail connection, the same being constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2'is a sectional side elevation of the same, the said section being taken on' the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aside elevation of the meeting ends of the rails, showing. the manner in which the webs are' recessed. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the rails, showing a modified form. 7

To put my invention into practice and thereby form a railway-rail joint that will be simple, strong, and durable, I form at each end of the rails 1 and in the webs thereof semicircular recesses 3, which when the ends of said rails are brought together form a complete circle for the reception of a strong bolt 4. This bolt 4 is provided with a large head and a slotted opening 5 and is adapted to be passed through the opening 3 and connect with a flanged plate 10. This plate consists of a base-piece 10, having spike-openings 11 for the purpose of attaching the same to the ties beneath, and upwardly-extending lugs 9, through which eccentric openings are formed. These openings 12 are for the reception of a stout pin 13, the said pin also passing through the slotted opening 5 of the bolt 4. If it is desired to further strengthen the connection, a plate 7 may be interposed between the lugs 9 and the webs of the rails. To prevent the pin or bar 13 from becoming detached, one end of'the same is bent at an angle and the. other formed with an offset or in any manner desired.

In operation the bolt 4"is thrust through the opening 3 in the Webs of the rails and the plate Serial No. 188,397. (No model.)

beneath the flanges of the rails. The plateis now'driven or forced into the position shown at Figs. land 2 of the drawings, which movement by means of the eccentric set of the bar 13 will force the parts tightly into position. Spikes are now driven into the tie through the openings 11, which will prevent the rails spreading at that point.

At Fig. 4 of the drawings I have shown each rail with an opening 3, and it will be readily understood that with a slight modification of the flanged plate it may be adapted to this style of connection.

Various slight modifications and changes may be made in the details of-construction without departing from the spirit of the invention. Therefore I do not wish to confine myself to the exact construction shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y I In a railway-rail connection, the combinationconsisting of the rails 1, having semicircular recesses 3 formed in the webs thereof, the bolt 4 passing through said opening, the slot 5 formed in said bolt, the flanged plate '10, having a base portion with spike-openings, the lugs 9 integral with the said plate, said lugs provided with eccentric openings 12, and the locking-bar 13 passing through the lugs 9'and the bolt 4, all arranged and combined for service, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony. whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscriblng witnesses.

GEORGE J. MARINGER. 

